Abstract
The field experiment was conducted during 2007-09 to study the effect of plastic mulch colour on growth, fruiting and fruit quality of strawberry under polyhouse cultivation. All three coloured plastic mulches (black, red and yellow) significantly increased the growth of strawberry plants as compared to control during both the years of study, but did not differ significantly among themselves with respect to plant growth. Red plastic mulch significantly extended the duration of flowering and fruiting and improved the fruit set as compared to control and black plastic mulch. Considerably higher yields, fruit size & weight and better fruit chemical composition (total soluble solids, total sugars, reducing sugars, ascorbic acid and anthocynin contents) were recorded in the plants mulched with red plastic as compared to black plastic mulch and no mulch (control). Though red plastic mulch was statistically at par with yellow plastic mulch with respect to all the parameters recorded during both the years of study but red plastic sheet was found to be most effective for increasing yield and improving fruit quality of strawberry under polyhouse cultivation.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Black, red, and yellow plastic mulches significantly increased strawberry plant growth compared with control in both study years.
- Taxon
- strawberry
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Fragaria ×ananassae0 - Treatment
- black, red and yellowe0
- Outcome
- growth of strawberry plantse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- both the years of studye0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“All three coloured plastic mulches (black, red and yellow) significantly increased the growth of strawberry plants as compared to control during both the years of study”
Claim · model-written summary
The three mulch colours did not differ significantly in plant growth.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Mulcht0
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- did not differe0
- Comparator
- themselvese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“but did not differ significantly among themselves with respect to plant growth”
t0“Plastic Mulch Colour on Growth, Fruiting and Fruit Quality of Strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch significantly extended flowering duration relative to control and black mulch.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Red plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- duration of floweringe0
- Direction
- extendede0
- Comparator
- control and black plastic mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Red plastic mulch significantly extended the duration of flowering and fruiting and improved the fruit set as compared to control and black plastic mulch”
t0“Strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch significantly extended fruiting duration relative to control and black mulch.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Red plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- fruitinge0
- Direction
- extendede0
- Comparator
- control and black plastic mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Red plastic mulch significantly extended the duration of flowering and fruiting and improved the fruit set as compared to control and black plastic mulch”
t0“Strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch improved fruit set relative to control and black mulch.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Red plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- fruit sete0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- control and black plastic mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Red plastic mulch significantly extended the duration of flowering and fruiting and improved the fruit set as compared to control and black plastic mulch”
t0“Strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch produced considerably higher yield than black mulch and no mulch.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- red plastice0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- black plastic mulch and no mulch (control)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Considerably higher yields, fruit size & weight and better fruit chemical composition (total soluble solids, total sugars, reducing sugars, ascorbic acid and anthocynin contents) were recorded in the plants mulched with red plastic as compared to black plastic mulch and no mulch (control)”
t0“Strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch produced larger fruit size and weight than black mulch and no mulch.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- red plastice0
- Outcome
- fruit size & weighte0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- black plastic mulch and no mulch (control)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Considerably higher yields, fruit size & weight and better fruit chemical composition (total soluble solids, total sugars, reducing sugars, ascorbic acid and anthocynin contents) were recorded in the plants mulched with red plastic as compared to black plastic mulch and no mulch (control)”
t0“Strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch improved soluble solids, total sugars, and reducing sugars relative to black or no mulch.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- red plastice0
- Outcome
- total soluble solids, total sugars, reducing sugarse0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- black plastic mulch and no mulch (control)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“better fruit chemical composition (total soluble solids, total sugars, reducing sugars, ascorbic acid and anthocynin contents) were recorded in the plants mulched with red plastic as compared to black plastic mulch and no mulch (control)”
t0“Strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch improved ascorbic acid and anthocynin contents relative to black or no mulch.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- red plastice0
- Outcome
- ascorbic acid and anthocynin contentse0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- black plastic mulch and no mulch (control)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“better fruit chemical composition (total soluble solids, total sugars, reducing sugars, ascorbic acid and anthocynin contents) were recorded in the plants mulched with red plastic as compared to black plastic mulch and no mulch (control)”
t0“Strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Red and yellow plastic mulches were statistically at par across recorded parameters in both years.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- red plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- all the parameters recordede0
- Direction
- at pare0
- Comparator
- yellow plastic mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“red plastic mulch was statistically at par with yellow plastic mulch with respect to all the parameters recorded during both the years of study”
t0“Strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors judged red plastic sheet most effective for increasing strawberry yield and improving fruit quality in polyhouse cultivation.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
- Treatment
- red plastic sheete0
- Outcome
- increasing yield and improving fruit qualitye0
- Setting
- polyhouse cultivatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“red plastic sheet was found to be most effective for increasing yield and improving fruit quality of strawberry under polyhouse cultivation”
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